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Design your own baby!
marzipan
post Sep 14 2006, 07:35 PM
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I've heard about technology now where you can change the genes of a baby still in the womb of a pregnant woman to make it what you want it to look like. That seems kind of weird to me. Some might find it morally wrong because God created us all how he wanted us.

But then again, if you found out that your baby had a certain disorder or disease, wouldn't you want to fix that?

Do you find this right or wrong?
 
 
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sporadic
post Jan 8 2007, 02:17 AM
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I'd want to take away the disease, but it isn't really up to me to decide how the baby looks... It's a matter of priorites, I suppose. Some people would say it goes against God, but I just think it's the child's life and not mine.

Of course, what if the kid grows up to be ugly, and then blames me and papa forever?

It reminds me of this movie I saw, about this society in which everyone was genetically engineered at birth to be beautiful. This one couple decides to do it naturally, and their kid grows up to be the one ugly kid among millions of pretty ones.
 

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Sakura.   Design your own baby!   Sep 14 2006, 07:35 PM
minixchopstix   I'm leaning more toward natural birth. If my c...   Sep 14 2006, 07:45 PM
Rose-A-Lee   i think it depends on what the disease was? if it ...   Sep 14 2006, 07:47 PM
just another teenage dirtbag   QUOTE(Rose-A-Lee @ Sep 14 2006, 7...   Sep 15 2006, 03:44 PM
omgomgKATHY   it doesn't seem wrong. if it's a disease i...   Sep 14 2006, 07:50 PM
Kathleen   Oh geez. Us ugly kids should be ugly if we were cr...   Sep 14 2006, 07:56 PM
Quarantine.   QUOTE(Kathleen @ Sep 14 2006, 8:56 PM) Oh...   Oct 10 2006, 04:26 PM
Endless_Symphony   designer babies are made by altering genes in the ...   Sep 14 2006, 08:02 PM
Sakura.   QUOTE(Endless_Symphony @ Sep 14 2006, 8:0...   Sep 16 2006, 11:04 AM
rawr SOCK   I've never actually heard of that. Where did ...   Sep 14 2006, 08:02 PM
Gypsy Eyes   I think that it's ok if you are trying to prev...   Sep 15 2006, 04:57 PM
JakeKKing   Actually, sometimes after birth children are affec...   Sep 16 2006, 09:06 AM
Lil_Cloud   QUOTE(JakeKKing @ Sep 16 2006, 8:06 AM) A...   Jan 1 2007, 02:27 PM
rawr SOCK   But then how would they be able to change the gene...   Sep 16 2006, 01:52 PM
ANGEEZY.   I don't think I would fix anything.. I still b...   Sep 16 2006, 02:27 PM
Pl-dot-lS   QUOTE(ANGEEZY. @ Sep 16 2006, 12:27 PM) I...   Sep 18 2006, 10:59 AM
Spiritual Winged Aura   The only thing that should be changed is .... acne...   Sep 18 2006, 06:04 PM
rawr SOCK   ^ Y'know that's usually not why teenagers ...   Sep 18 2006, 06:08 PM
Spiritual Winged Aura   QUOTE(rawr SOCK @ Sep 18 2006, 4:08 PM) ^...   Sep 18 2006, 06:13 PM
rawr SOCK   Ok, so maybe bad days and drama are sometimes caus...   Sep 18 2006, 06:19 PM
bobby james   OMG I'm so sick of technology right now it...   Sep 19 2006, 02:18 AM
RED_RUM   I watched a movie in science class about parents w...   Oct 9 2006, 04:10 PM
femme_fatale4160   ^Ditto. I'm all for natural birth. Unless I ...   Oct 9 2006, 04:11 PM
moorepocket*   yes i would change it. Like blue eyes or a better ...   Oct 9 2006, 04:23 PM
rawr SOCK   ^ Why? That's a bit.. superficial, don't y...   Oct 9 2006, 06:21 PM
moorepocket*   QUOTE(rawr SOCK @ Oct 9 2006, 7:21 PM) ^ ...   Oct 10 2006, 03:47 PM
Infinite.   I suppose its kind of wrong to change someone from...   Oct 9 2006, 06:40 PM
pandamonium   You guys arent being realistic. I see where you ...   Oct 9 2006, 11:08 PM
funk.this   QUOTE(pandamonium @ Oct 9 2006, 11:08 PM)...   Oct 10 2006, 01:34 AM
timeflies51   As I was reading over the posts, this is what I wa...   Oct 12 2006, 03:29 PM
angel_revelation   This reminds me of the book "Uglies" (fo...   Oct 9 2006, 11:27 PM
pandamonium   QUOTE(angel_revelation @ Oct 10 2006, 12...   Oct 10 2006, 01:13 AM
xoxo_koala_kisses_   People can do what they want, but I personally nev...   Oct 10 2006, 03:52 PM
moorepocket*   but if you change it in the womb, there would be n...   Oct 10 2006, 04:11 PM
Infinite.   Hah, when I read pandamonium, it made me think of ...   Oct 10 2006, 04:25 PM
Infinite.   ^Yea but why don't you? Sorry, this is the d...   Oct 10 2006, 04:29 PM
Uronacid   I don't see it as wrong. As long as you are mu...   Oct 12 2006, 04:17 PM
IVIike   i don't really know i'm torn between it i ...   Oct 28 2006, 01:41 PM
Spiritual Winged Aura   "Life is sweet"   Oct 28 2006, 08:24 PM
Endless_Symphony   QUOTE(Spiritual Winged Aura @ Oct 28 2006, 8...   Nov 13 2006, 12:10 AM
Spiritual Winged Aura   QUOTE(Endless_Symphony @ Nov 12 2006, 9:1...   Nov 13 2006, 01:10 AM
Endless_Symphony   life can be sweet even if it's a short period ...   Nov 14 2006, 06:15 PM
brandewijn   Morally wrong. No.   Dec 30 2006, 07:54 AM
icy_wonderland   Yeah, I read an article and it was like "Desi...   Dec 30 2006, 07:57 AM
one_and_only   This reminds me of Gattaca, and the book Pretties....   Dec 30 2006, 02:36 PM
insomniac   ^omg, someone else has seen that movie. I feel le...   Dec 30 2006, 06:17 PM
APPLEjuicex   i agree with it. it's not the woman's fau...   Dec 31 2006, 02:53 AM
sporadic   I'd want to take away the disease, but it isn...   Jan 8 2007, 02:17 AM


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